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Hanna Valle, one of four choreographers for the production of “Rock of Ages,” takes notes recently during a dress rehearsal at the Waterville Opera House. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Assistant manager Kia Washington hustles food recently to the dining room at POPonOVERs Cafe and Baked Goods, located at 119 Main St., in Pittsfield. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Tracy Greaney lies in the fresh wood chips with the new turkey chicks at the family farm in Mercer on Wednesday. The family farm raises and slaughters nearly 3,000 turkeys each year for the Thanksgiving season. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Mckenzie West makes a breakfast sandwich while working Tuesday at Sunrise Bagel in Waterville. The business is planning to open a second location in Augusta in September. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Speaker of the House Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, talks with Rep. Meldon H. Carmichael, R-Greenbush, and Rep. Scott Cyrway, R-Albion, before the House of Representatives session began Thursday at the Maine State House in Augusta. Ashley Allen/Kennebec Journal
David Clinard of Oakland, an opponent of the bill, and Planned Parenthood volunteer Gretchen Phoenix, a supporter, talk to each other in the third floor hallway between Senate and House chambers on Friday, June 16. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Majority Leader  Maureen Fitzgerald Terry, D-Gorham, hands a note to Lena Knox, an honorary page, for her to deliver to another House member on Thursday at the Maine State House in Augusta. Ashley Allen/Kennebec Journal
The Hall-Dale softball team celebrates after beating Bucksport 2-1 in the Class C championship game Tuesday at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
York pitcher McKayla Kortes jumps for joy after the Wildcats completed their 2-1 win over Nokomis in the Class B softball state title game. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Monmouth Academy’s Kyle Palleschi celebrates after scoring a run against Bucksport during the Class C baseball state championship Tuesday at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

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Joe Phelan is an award winning journalist who makes photos and videos around the capital area for the the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the other Masthead Maine publications. Joe’s first journalism...

Michael is a Maine-raised photojournalist who has been on staff at the Morning Sentinel since August 2010. He is a 2002 graduate of Sterling College in Vermont where he studied experiential education with...

Andy started his photojournalism career with the Kennebec Journal in 1995. Over the years, he has won numerous Maine Press Association awards for his images of Maine people, places and events and contributed...

Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...